Mental Health Mentor

Warwick; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 46,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Learning and development opportunities

Onsite childcare facilities

Flexible working

Job summary

The University of Warwick is seeking a part-time Wellbeing and Safeguarding - Disability Services Mentor to promote independent learning and wellbeing for students with mental health disabilities. You will provide specialist mentoring, working with the Disability Team and Wellbeing colleagues to support academic success and manage risks.

Role requires degree, professional body membership, HE experience, and strong IT and record-keeping skills.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree or equivalent level.
• Membership of professional body related to the mental health field required.
• Experience of offering individual clinical and non-clinical support to adults and young people with mental health disabilities.
• Experience of working within a Higher Education setting.
• Experience of risk management.
• Experience of managing complex cases and working collaboratively with other relevant services.
• Awareness of issues and barriers affecting students in Higher Education.
• Understanding of the Disabled Student Allowances process.
• Understanding of mental health interventions to manage and improve wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• Promote strategies for independent learning and positive wellbeing to help enable students to achieve their full potential.
• Provide specialist mental health mentoring to students with mental health disabilities and help them identify and manage impact on studies.
• Work in close consultation with the Disability Team, Mental Health Nurses and Wellbeing and Student Support to discuss issues affecting students.
• Ensure that the service provided is appropriate, monitored and reviewed regularly.
• Monitor efficacy of support interventions and report student outcomes per the DSA Quality Assurance Framework.
• Comply with annual audit requirements as part of the University’s provider registration.
• Signpost and refer students to other internal or external support when needs exceed mentoring role.
• Raise awareness of disability and wellbeing across the University.
• Undertake other duties as assigned by the Deputy Head of Disability Services.

Skills

Mentoring

Communication

IT skills

Risk awareness

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree or equivalent

Professional body membership (mental health)

Tools

MS Office

Records management

Job description

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Department: Wellbeing and Safeguarding - Disability Services

Contract Type:Indefinite

Hours: Part-time (0.69 FTE), term time only (30 weeks per year)

Closing Date: Thursday 8 October 2026, 11:59PM

Full time Salary Range: £35,608 - £46,049 per annum, pro rata

About the Role

• To promote strategies for independent learning and positive wellbeing to help enable students to achieve their full potential.
• To provide specialist mental health mentoring to students with mental health disabilities and to support them identify and manage any impact on their studies.
• To work in close consultation with the Disability Team, Mental Health Nurses and the wider Wellbeing and Student Support team to discuss any relevant issues or arising concerns affecting the student.
• In consultation with the Deputy Head of Disability Services, to ensure that the service provided is appropriate, monitored and reviewed regularly.
• To monitor efficacy of support interventions, record and report student outcomes in accordance with the DSA Quality Assurance Framework.
• To comply with the annual audit requirements as part of the University’s Non-Medical Helper provider registration.
• Where the support requirements fall beyond the boundaries of the mentoring role, to signpost and refer students to other internal or external, statutory or other, sources of support.
• To contribute towards raising awareness of disability and wellbeing across the University.
• To undertake any other duties, such as contributing towards other support initiatives, as assigned by the Deputy Head of Disability Services.
• To operate in accordance with Wellbeing and Student Support confidentiality, record keeping, case management systems and other internal processes.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here) .

About You

This role will require a Enhanced DBS Check with child's barred list.If you are included on a child barred list, you will be breaking the law by applying for this role.

Candidate will need the following:

• Educated to degree or equivalent level
• Membership of professional body related to the mental health field required
• Experience of offering individual clinical and non-clinical support to adults and young people with mental health disabilities.
• Experience of working within a Higher Education setting.
• Experience of risk management.
• Experience of managing complex cases and working collaboratively with other relevant services.
• Awareness of issues and barriers affecting students in Higher Education
• An understanding of the Disabled Student Allowances process.
• An understanding of mental health interventions to manage and improve wellbeing.
• Ability to identify and respond to risk.
• To be able to be flexible and responsive to emerging need.
• Good level of I.T. skills
• To be able to communicate effectively and build positive mentoring relationships with students.
• To be able to maintain appropriate records in accordance with Departmental systems and processes.
• To be able to operate within professional boundaries and confidentiality
• To be able to communicate effectively with staff in Wellbeing Support Services and with other external and internal partners

About the Department

Please see more information on the department here .

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, a generous holiday allowance plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here .

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Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)

The University of Warwick is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all those we work with.

In line with the DBS Code of Practice, the successful candidates for any roles involving regulated activity, will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. The University will take all necessary measures to ensure that any individual subject to a barring order does not undertake any work with the barred group specified (i.e. children and/or adults).

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